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Robert B. Parker

mystery author Robert B. Parker in leather jacket         Spenser series

Jesse Stone series

Sunny Randall series

Chandler's Marlowe

other books

Robert B. Parker books catalog at Amazon.com
Robert B. Parker audio catalog at Amazon.com
Robert B. Parker credits at Internet Movie Database

DV's 'Spensarium' fansite [est. 1994]
BA's 'Bullets & Beer' fansite
Robert B. Parker entry at Wikipedia



Spenser
Mystery Series

Spenser series catalog [thru #31] at Amazon.com


"Now & Then"  [#35 = 2007]  
Now & Then  
Putnam hardcover [10/2007] for $17.13
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Hundred-Dollar Baby"  [#34 = 2006]
100 Dollar Baby  
{working title was "Dream Girl"}
Berkley mass pb [9/2007] for $9.99
Putnam 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $16.47
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"School Days"  [#33 = 2005]
School Days  
Berkley mass pb [10/2006] for $7.99
Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.47
Random House UNABR audio CD [9/2005] for $18.87
Random House UNABR audio [9/2005] for $16.35
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Cold Service"  [#32 = 2005]
Cold Service  
Berkley pb [3/2006] for $7.99
Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2005] for $16.97
Random House UNABR audio [3/2005] for $18.87
UNABR audio [3/2005] for $16.35
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Bad Business"  [#31 = 2004]
Bad Business  
Berkley pb [3/2005] for $7.99
Penguin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $9.98
Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2004] for $20.37
Random House UNABR audio [3/2004] for $18.16
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Back Story"  [#30 = 2003]
Back Story  
Berkley pb [3/2004] for $7.99
Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2003] for $17.47
Random House UNABR audio [3/2003] for $18.17
Random House ABR audio CD [3/2003] for $20.97
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Widow's Walk"  [#29 = 2002]
Widow's Walk  
Berkley pb [3/2003] for $7.99
Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2002] for $24.95
Random House UNABR audio [3/2002] for $18.17
Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $20.97
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Pot Shot" [#28 = 2001]
"Hugger Mugger" [#27 = 2000]
"Hush Money" [#26 = 1999]
"Sudden Mischief" [#25 = 1998]
"Small Vices" [#24 = 1997]
"Chance" [#23 = 1996]
"Thin Air" [#22 = 1995]
"Walking Shadow" [#21 = 1994]
"Paper Doll" [#20 = 1993]
"Double Deuce" [#19 = 1992]
"Pastime" [#18 = 1991]
"Stardust" [#17 = 1990]
"Playmates" [#16 = 1989]
"Crimson Joy" [#15 = 1988]
"Pale Kings and Princes" [#14 = 1987]
"Taming A Sea Horse" [#13 = 1986]
"A Catskill Eagle" [#12 = 1985]
"Valediction" [#11 = 1984]
"The Widening Gyre" [#10 = 1983]
"Ceremony" [#9 = 1982]
"A Savage Place" [#8 = 1981]
"Early Autumn" [#7 = 1981]
"Looking For Rachel Wallace" [#6 = 1980]
"The Judas Goat" [#5 = 1978]
"Promised Land" [#4 = 1976]
"Mortal Stakes" [#3 = 1975]
"God Save the Child" ]#2 = 1974]
"The Godwulf Manuscript" [#1 = 1973]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Triple Shot of Spenser  
"A Triple Shot of Spenser" [2005]
includes "Pastime" [#18=1991], "Double Deuce" [#19=1992] & "Paper Doll" [#20=1993]
Berkley 9x6 pb [11/2005] for $9.97



Jesse Stone Mystery Series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Night Passage" [1997]
"Night Passage" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2006]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Trouble in Paradise" [1998]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Death In Paradise" [2001]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Stone Cold" [2003]
"Stone Cold" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2005]
Sony color DVD [6/2005] for $12.97

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sea Change   "Sea Change" [2006]
Berkley mass pb [3/2007] for $9.99
Putnam 9¼x6¾ hardcover [2/2006] for $18.21
Random House audio CD [2/2006] for $18.87
Random House UNABR audio [2/2006] for $18.35
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Blue Screen" [2006]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}

"High Profile" [2007]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}



Chief Jesse Stone & P.I. Sunny Randall together

Blue Screen   "Blue Screen" [2006]
The owner of a Boston baseball team hires Sunny to protect his movie star girlfriend. A murder of the woman's sister in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. connects Sunny & Jesse professionally, and eventually romantically.
Putnam 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.72
Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2006] for $18.87
Random House UNABR audio [6/2006] for $16.35
High Profile   "High Profile" [2007]
After a right-wing talkshow host is murdered in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. and Jesse's ex-wife is assaulted, he asks Sunny to protect her. Then the radio host's pregnant mistress is found dead ...
Berkley mass pb [DUE March 2008] pre-order for $9.99
Putnam 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $16.47


Sunny Randall Mystery Series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Family Honor" [1999]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Perish Twice" [2000]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Shrink Rap" [2002]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Melancholy Baby" [2004]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Blue Screen" [2006]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Spare Change   "Spare Change" [2007]
After a hiatus of 20 years, a serial killer taunts Sunny's retired-cop father with another killing and another letter. Sunny & Phil Randall join the Boston police task force, as does Spenser's Dr. Susan Silverman.
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $16.47
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"High Profile" [2007]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}



in collaboration with Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages at Blackhat Mystery Bookstore

Poodle   "Poodle Springs" [1990]
{Raymond Chandler novel completed by RBP}

Berkley pb [11/90] for $7.50

audio read by Elliott Gould
New Millenium ABR audio [8/2002] for $15.37
New Millenium ABR audio CD [12/2002] for $17.50

PSprings video  
"Poodle Springs" [1998 HBO tv movie]
Directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan

Mosaic color PAL format DVD only [4/2000] for £9.99 via Amazon UK
full credits from IMDb
Perchance   "Perchance To Dream" [1991 sequel to "Poodle Springs"]
Berkley mass pb [12/93] out of print/used
Doubleday hardcover [1/91] out of print/used
New Millennium ABR audio [8/2002] out of stock/used



Westerns & Other Books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"The Boxer and The Spy" [YA 2008] by Robert B. Parker

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Edenville Owls" [YA 2007] by Robert B. Parker

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Appaloosa   "Appaloosa: A Novel" [2005]
"A stunning Western ... one of Parker's finest." — Publishers Weekly
Berkley mass pb [6/2006] for $7.99
Putnam 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47
Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2005] for $18.15
Random House UNABR audio [6/2005] for $16.50
Appaloosa feature film   "Appaloosa" feature film [to be released in 2008]  
Co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger & Robert Knott
video/DVD not yet available; latest credits from IMDb

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Double Play   "Double Play" [2004]
Joseph Burke is hired by Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey to watch over Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to play in major league baseball (story circa 1947).
Berkley 7x5½ pb [6/2005] for $7.99
Putnam hardcover [5/2004] for $16.97
New Millennium UNABR audio [4/2004] for $16.97
New Millennium UNABR audio CD [4/2004] for $23.77

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Gunman's Rhapsody   "Gunman's Rhapsody: A Novel" [2001]
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, the O.K. Corral, this is most certainly a Western tale; but it is also a deeply-affecting love story.
Berkley pb [3/2002] for $7.99
Putnam 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] out of print/many used
New Millennium UNABR audio CD [1/2003] for $34.95
New Millennium UNABR audio [1/2003] for $17.00

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Best American Mystery Stories 1997  
"The Best American Mystery Stories 1997"
Edited by Robert B. Parker & Otto Penzler

Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [11/97] out of print/used
Houghton Mifflin hardcover [11/97] out of print/used

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Love & Glory   "Love and Glory" [1983]
Dell pb [9/84] for $7.50
Doubleday hardcover [9/83] out of print/used



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